Job Vacancies at GVA Partners

Job Brief

• The Relationship Manager will be responsible for maintaining and deepening existing business relationships. As an everyday field-based employee, he/she is equally expected to perform a daily field function known and referred to as prospecting, whereby he/she speaks to a specified minimum number of people (in the course of the daily duty of visiting customers) and obtain the names and contact details of those interested in our products for a further follow up by the Marketing Group. Many times, the interest in our other products may come from existing customers under our management. It is equally possible that existing customers may want more volume of what they already have with us. The relationship manager shall engage in new business acquisition and closing sales.
• This individual is equally expected to manage all field related after-sales process life cycles through design, implementation, optimization, redesign and renewal to ensure high quality and accuracy of work and the promotion of a total stakeholder quality approach to work.
• Additionally, he/she will be responsible for the coordination, reports and organization of Marketing meetings including taking all minutes of discussion and ensuring implementation of all resolutions at the Marketing meetings.
• Lastly, the Relationship Manager shall be responsible for writing of all proposals and shall keep records and tracks of every proposal including regular contacts with the prospects until prospect becomes a client.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and execute detailed field program
• Ensure every client is contacted at least once a month via phone, visit, email etc.
• Ensure every client is visited and seen at least once every quarter
• Ensure renewal notices are sent to clients in a timely manner
• Facilitate timely, consistent and proactive support for the provision and prompt delivery of policy documents, receipts and other customer related documents.
• Maintenance of good relationships with clients.

Functional Competencies Needed For the Position:

• Ability to:
  • Build and maintain strategic partnerships
  • Organize and prioritize field work schedules to meet different needs and deadlines
  • Coordinate cross-functional efforts thereby focusing on core process performance, strategic objectives and customer satisfaction
  • Measure the cross-functional efforts
  • Recognize opportunities for process innovation by researching best practices and promoting better and more effective ways of doing things
  • Demonstrate good knowledge of Information Technology and apply such to daily work / Maintain information and databases
  • Prepare timely inputs and reports
• Must possess analytical and logical thinking processes with the ability to apply pragmatic solutions within regulatory / organization laid down boundaries
• Must within a short period of time demonstrate full understanding:
  • Of the main processes and methods of work regarding the position
  • Of the organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and apply them consistently in work tasks
• Constantly strive to keep job knowledge up to date through self directed study and other means of learning.

Education

• First Degree (Minimum 2:2)
• Masters (an advantage)

Experience:

• 4 years of relevant after Sales and support service experience in:
• Professional Services Sales and Marketing
• Customer Service and Relationship Management
• Must be a female
• Ability to speak Igbo language is an added advantage
• Candidates who live on the island is an added advantage

Core Competencies & Skills Needed for the Job:

• Must demonstrate:
  • Proper ethics and integrity
  • Excellent Dress Sense
  • Excellent human relations.
  • Corporate behavior, knowledge and sound judgment
  • Initiative
  • Desire for self-development
  • Qualities of a team leader and promote / facilitate team work
  • Ability to create synergies and sense of ownership at work
• Must Possess:
  • Conflict management skills
  • Informed and transparent decision-making skills
  • Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel etc.)
  • Fluency in English (any other foreign language will be an advantage)

• Promote learning and knowledge management Share knowledge

Method of Application

Qualified and interested candidates should send updated CVs (in MS Word not PDF), current and expected salary to contact@gvapartners.com, titilayoe@gvapartners.com and busayoo@gvapartners.com   with the job title as the subject of mail.

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Project Manager  

An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic and talented IT Project Manager to join a dynamic project team.  The resource shall be responsible for:

• Overseeing and managing the Project Based Services engagements.
• Candidate must be able to proactively work to set customer expectation to assure a smooth project including project timeline, client requirements, and critical dependencies.
• Candidate must possess strong financial skills with strong attention to detail.

POSITION SUMMARY & KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Required to oversee projects. This role originates in the Plan Phase and extend through the Deployment Phase of the Project Management Governance Process; Oversight of Project from Concept Phase through Deployment via other Project Managers
• Decompose projects into time-phased elements and prioritize key deliverables; Assumes full accountability for overall success of a project through deployment.
• Define project goals and objectives; Identify customer requirements; Identify resource requirements; Develop project budget; Track incurred and projected expenses against program plan and report to management.
• Prioritize resource allocation; Assist with resource negotiation; Manage cost/schedule/resource variances
• Produce project documentation; Establish/maintain project information system; Monitor and control project
• Develop and be accountable for the overall project plan; Ensure resources are committed and engaged for all project phases
• Primary function of role is translating customer IT services requirements into customer solutions/contracts that secure customer loyalty, drive acceptable profit margins and are delivered with fidelity
• Role requires strong project management skills and leadership in a dynamic and deadline driven environment
• Required to qualify and develop a solution that is mutually acceptable to the client and the company
• Liaise closely with pricing analysts to ensure operational commitments are translated accurately into cost assumptions
• Provide sales team with technical and service presales support; Prepare and deliver services presentations to current and prospective customers
• Negotiates directly with customers and contractors
• Certifications and proficiency in Technology and Telecom fields of knowledge. Cisco wireless certifications are an asset.
• Ensures the program meet established time, cost, technical and customer objectives

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10 years of related experience in customer facing, technology deployment and support environment
• 7 years in Project Management and strong experience in working with a Financial Institution
• Bachelor’s degree in any field (Minimum 2:2)
• Ability to work under tight timelines in a demanding environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to work closely with the Business Leaders, IT Partners, and peers for the project, the customer and the development/implementation team within a Project Team environment – both internal to NCR and external with the customer.
• Interface with multiple business functions and organizations, as well as multiple specialists, in defining, producing and managing plans for successful project delivery
• Ability to lead/coordinate a cross-functional team, ensuring that projects meet defined scope, time, cost and quality constraints
• Ability to deal with organizational influences, ambiguity and continuous change

Method of Application

Qualified and interested candidates should send updated CVs (in MS Word not PDF), current and expected salary to contact@gvapartners.com and titilayoe@gvapartners.com   with the job title as the subject of mail.

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Job Description:

Job Description
The right candidate will have:

Technical Skills:

• Detail oriented, good with numbers and competitive, the right candidate will have some experience with financial modeling and valuation, and will be good with presentation generation and analysis.
• This person will have advanced accounting skills and financial statement analysis abilities, and would have professional experience either with an investment bank or an accounting firm where they have formally learned how to evaluate financial information and how to present it.
• The right candidate will be an expert in Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint, and will be teachable, and a quick learner.
• Communication to others will be a key part of this role, which requires collaboration and the ability to work in a team.

Independence:

• We are a flat organization, and we want someone who is able to report to very senior people and work thoroughly with minimal supervision.
• We are prepared to compensate generously, and we will expect to examine candidates to verify their skills.

Qualifications

• 1st Class or 2nd Class Degree
• 1 -­ 3 years of professional experience in finance, accounting or banking.

Compensation

• Competitive cash compensation

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in Ms Word format to: contact@gvapartners.com, titlayoe@gvapartners.com  using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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Job Description:

Summary

• We are looking for an IT recruiter analyst to undertake a variety of HR administrative duties.
• The duties involve a wide range of support activities inside our HR department, from maintaining our employee database to posting job ads and making calls/scheduling assessments to get qualified candidate that meet our clients requirements.
• To bean ideal candidate for this position, you should have a background in IT, Electrical electronics, Physics.

Requirements

• Degree in any Computer field with at least 1 years experience.
• Graduates who have completed their NYSC program.
• Vast knowledge on IT
• Proven experience in technical roles.
• Fast computer typing skills (MS Office, in particular)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong communications skills
• Minimum of 2:1

Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume in WORD format to: contact@gvapartners.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.